# 拖累 (tuōlěi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 拖累 (tuōlěi) means “to burden; to encumber; to implicate”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to burden; to encumber; to implicate
- Pinyin: tuōlěi (tuo1 lei3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他不想因为这件事拖累家人。
  Tā bù xiǎng yīnwèi zhè jiàn shì tuōlěi jiārén.
  He didn't want to burden his family.

## Characters

- [拖](https://hanziro.com/word/tuo-drag/) (tuō): to drag; to mop
- [累](https://hanziro.com/word/lei-tired/) (lèi): tired

https://hanziro.com/word/tuo-lei-burden/

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